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She’s 94 and dresses in ancient clothes. Now she’s become a tourist attraction

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By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — In Scanno, a medieval village deep in the wild mountains of central Italy’s Abruzzo region, one woman dresses as if time has never moved on. At 94, Margherita Ciarletta — witty, fiercely independent and guarded about her privacy — is the last person who wears Scanno’s centuries-old traditional clothing every single day. Tourists who make their way through the cobbled alleys aren’t just here for the mountain views…

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She’s 94 and dresses in ancient clothes. Now she’s become a tourist attraction

In the remote Italian village of Scanno, Margherita Carlietta is the last connection to a lost way of life. Now her insistence on wearing traditional clothes has made her a reluctant celebrity.

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